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thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of a site and the erection of a marine hospital at or near Ocracoke, in North Carolina; the site to be selected and the building to be contracted for and erected under the superintendence and direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and that he (the Secretary of the Treasury) be directed to report to Congress, at its next session, the progress and condition of the work: Provided, That the expense of the land and building shall not exceed that sum.

, August 29, 1842.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for sites for marine hospitals, selected and purchased under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled “,” viz:

For a site for a marine hospital at Natchez, in the State of Mississippi, seven thousand dollars.

For a site for a marine hospital at Napoleon, in the State of Arkansas, one thousand dollars.

For the site for a marine hospital at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, seven thousand four hundred and sixty-eight dollars.

For the site for a marine hospital at Paducah, in the State of Kentucky, one thousand dollars.

For the site for a marine hospital at Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, six thousand dollars.

For the site for a marine hospital at Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, ten thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars.

For the site for a marine hospital at Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, twelve thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the said several sums of money be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, August 29, 1842.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the navy ration shall consist of the following daily allowance of provisions for each person:

One pound of salted pork, with half a pint of peas or beans; or one pound of salted beef, with half a pound of flour, and a quarter of a pound of raisins, dried apples, or other dried fruits; or one pound of salt beef with half a pound of rice, two ounces of butter, and two ounces of cheese; together with fourteen ounces of biscuit, one quarter of an ounce of tea, or ounce of coffee, or one ounce of cocoa; two ounces of sugar, and one gill of spirits; and of a weekly allowance of half a pound of pickles or cranberries, half a pint of molasses, and half a pint of vinegar.

. And be it further enacted, That fresh meat may be substituted for salted beef or pork, and vegetables or sour-crout for the other articles usually issued with the salted meats, allowing one and a quarter pounds of fresh meat for one pound of salted beef or pork, and regulating the quantity of vegetables or sour-crout so as to equal the value of those articles for which they may be substituted.